Batavia suspect picked up on stolen car warrant

WARSAW – A 33-year-old Batavia man was remanded to the Wyoming County Jail Friday after he was taken into custody by Batavia police on a Wyoming County arrest warrant linked to a stolen car incident last July in the Town of Sheldon.

Ricky A. Leach Jr. was arraigned in Sheldon Town Court on charges of criminal possession of stolen property and unlawfully fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle in connection with his arrest last July in a stolen car incident. He faces further court proceedings in two weeks. Batavia police turned him over to Sgt Erik W. Tamol of the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office.